Exhibits
Wired – Member Juried Exhibit
May 4–25, 2013
STUDIO FIVE08, 508A Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, California 90401.
310-994-9400. Hours: Wednesday–Saturday 12 noon–6pm
Opening Reception and Awards: Saturday, May 4, 2013, 7–10pm
Closing Reception: Saturday, May 25, 2013, 3–7pm
View images of all the winning entries
Something that is wired is defined as being reinforced, supported or tied together by flexible metal filaments, sometimes used as a conductor of electricity. Being wired is to be very stimulated or excited. A device or person that is wired is connected, either virtually or physically, to a larger whole.
These aspects are conveyed in an exciting art show of works that speak to the theme of “Wired”.
Collage Artists of America continues to exhibit high quality shows with works selected by a juror from submitted works by collage and assemblage artists from Santa Monica, Los Angeles, and the San Fernando Valley. The juror for “Wired” is Anne Hromadka, co-curator at the Shulamit Gallery in Venice CA.
Ripped
November 3–December 15, 2012
Gallery 800 at the Historic Lankershim Arts Center, NoHo Arts District, North Hollywood, CA 91601
Juror of Selection and Awards: Sara L. Cannon is art curator and director of museum education and tours program at Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG) and Hollyhock House in Barnsdall Park. She is also director of the Bridge Art Gallery at Los Angeles City Hall.
Congratulations to Tanya Mikaela, who won First Place for her
collage
“Brown Bag Buddha #17” (pictured right).
Transformation
June 8–28, 2012
Burbank Creative Arts Center Gallery
The juror of selection and awards for this show was Jackie Nach (our guest presenter at the March 2012 meeting). Using everything from the earth of her native South Africa to trash bags and paint, Jackie Nach creaties mixed-media collage that speaks dramatically to the idiocyncrasies of human nature, racism in multiple manifestations, and the truths of her own experience.
Congratulations to Sharon Brooks, who won First Place for her assemblage Ice Palace (pictured right).
heARTworks
February 10 – March 10, 2012
Modest Fly Art Studio Gallery, Tujunga, California 91042
Our Winter 2012 Exhibit was held at Modest Fly Art Studio Gallery in Tujunga, California. Our juror was noted Chilean mixed-media artist Guillermo Burt (the guest artist at our February meeting).
Congratulations to John Selleck who won 1st Place for
“The Disagreement” (pictured right).
View images of all the winning entries
Curious Cards
Click here to view online slideshow. [Opened November 12, 2011]
Postcards have history and mystery. A collaged postcard is a curious combination of yesterdays and tomorrows, worked by the artist’s hand. View a slideshow of the winning and accepted entries for our Fall 2011 online exhibit. All artwork is collage/mixed media and measures 4" x 6" (or 6" x 4").
Juror of Selection and Awards: Leslie Caldera. For more than 35 years, Mr. Caldera has been making assemblage with a spiritual/poetic dimension. He is also well known for his mail art. His work has been shown in dozens of exhibits, and he has curated several others.
Multi-Media Exhibit
April 4 – July 15, 2011
Encino Terrace Center, Encino, CA 91436
Juror of Selection and Awards: Maria Kaltner, Encino Terrace Center property manager. Encino Terrace Center is a 420,000-square-foot office building in the Encino Ventura Blvd. business district.
A Sense of Place
Sunday, March 13 – Sunday, May 8, 2011
Finegood Gallery, West Hills, CA 91307
Congratulations to Nicki Newfield who won 1st Place for her collage “Focus” (pictured right).
View images of all the winning entries
The Juror for this exhibit was C.W. Slade, whose collages have been featured in two books on altered art and collage techniques, In This House and In This Garden (Quarry Books). She is represented by Denyse McLean Gallery, Malibu and JM Von Graven Co., San Diego.
Opposites Attract
September 22 – October 9, 2010
VIVA Art Center, Sherman Oaks, CA
Congratulations to Shigeko Katahira who won 1st Place for
"I Found It Long Time Ago" (pictured right).
Images of the winning entries are posted on VIVA’s show page.
The Juror for this exhibit was Franklyn J. Liegel, our guest artist at the CAA October 8 2010 meeting.
SNIPPETS, A Newsworthy Exhibit
April 28 – May 15, 2010 – VIVA Art Center, Sherman Oaks, CA
Collage Artists of America held their 2010 Spring exhibit at VIVA Art Center (CAA is one of the founding members of VIVA Art Center).
Congratulations to Ellen Grim who won 1st Place for her collage “Frida VIII” (pictured right).
Images of the winning entries are posted on VIVA’s show page.
The Juror for this exhibit was Roy Dowell, a New York-born, Los Angeles-based California artist. For the past 20 years, he has been the Chair (and founder) of the graduate department at the Otis College of Art, and is currently represented by Margo Leavin Gallery. (Bio PDF)
Reconstruction
October 14 – 31, 2009 – VIVA Art Center, Sherman Oaks, CA
“Reconstruction”, the Fall 2009 Juried show of Collage Artists of America, included members of CAA and other invited member groups of VIVA Art Center (Women Painters West, Valley Arists Guild, and Valley Watercolor Society, along with invited groups San Fernando Valley Art Club and Artist Co-op 7) are represented in the show.
Images of the winning entries are posted on VIVA's show page.
Congratulations to Donna Geist Buch, who won 1st Place for “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” (pictured).
The Juror for this show was John Greco, Professor of Art, Santa Monica College. Primarily a printmaker, John has exhibited widely both here and abroad and is represented in many public and private collections. In judging a work of art he looks for inventiveness, craftsmanship, and harmonies in composition and design.
E-COLLAGE-ICAL
May 20 – June 6, 2009 – VIVA Art Center, Sherman Oaks, CA.
Award Winners
1st Place:
John Selleck, Man on Vacation (pictured)- 2nd Place: Darlene Mellein, Iris Thinks Her Color’s Red
- 3rd Place: Mathilde Lombard, Encroaching Darkness – Emerging Light
- 4th Place: Marjorie Sarnat, Ancient Secrets
- 5th Place: Rachelle Mark, Network
- Honorable Mentions:
Susanne Belcher, A Distant View;
Sophia Tise, The Grey Sea and the Long Black Land;
Crystal Michaelson, What Would Al Gore Do?
Our Juror of Selections and Awards was Katherine Chang Liu, NWS, renowned painter, teacher and curator.
More images are posted on VIVA’s exhibit page.
Photos from the Reception are posted on the CAA E-COLLAGE-ICAL Facebook page.
Winter 2008 Exhibit
November 19 – December 6, 2008 – VIVA Art Center, Sherman Oaks, CA
Award Winners
- 1st Place: Mary Guzman – "Among Good Company" (right)
- 2nd Place: Sandy Rooney – "Artful Woman"
- 3rd Place: Sandra Klein – "Her Own Worst Enemy"
- Cheap Joes Merchandise Award: Lorraine Strieby – "Angel Walking"
- Carter Sexton Merchandise Award: Sharon Brooks – “Marley's Nirvana"
Our Juror of Selections and Awards was Rosamond Felson, who has directed the Rosamond Felson Gallery in Santa Monica since 1967.
More images are posted on VIVA’s exhibit page.
Summer 2008 Exhibit
June 4–21, 2008 – VIVA Art Center, Sherman Oaks, CA
1st Place: Dallas Chase – “Surfer's Paradise”
Award Winners
- 1st Place: Dallas Chase
- 2nd Place: Marilyn Landau
- 3rd Place: Phyllis Doyon
- Merchandise Award: Lois Ramirez
- Continental Art Supplies Merchandise Award: Linda Carlson
- Continental Art Supplies Merchandise Award: Launa Romoff
The Juror of Selection and Awards was Anthony Askew, Professor of Art, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA.
More images are posted on VIVA’s exhibit page.
New Year Show 2008
January 2 – 24, 2008 – Creative Arts Center Gallery, Burbank, CA 91506
1st Place: Shari Beaubien – “A Place Called Home”
Click here for images of all the winning entries
Fall 2007 Exhibit
October 10 – 27, 2007 – VIVA Art Center, Sherman Oaks, CA
Award Winners
- 1st Place: Nancy Goodman Lawrence (pictured)
- 2nd Place: Jaami A-K Abdul-Samad
- 3rd Place: Dallas Chase
- Merwin Altfeld Memorial Award: Beverly Grossman
- Continental Art Supplies Award: Joan Foster
- Continental Art Supplies Award: J. Natasha Kostan
- Image-Ination Award: Lois Ramirez
Our Juror of Selections and Awards was Michael Zakian, Ph.D., Director of the Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA.
More images are posted on VIVA’s exhibit page.
Mixing Materials and Personalities
March 7 – 24, 2007 – VIVA Art Center, Sherman Oaks, CA
Award Winners
- 1st Place: Baby Smith (pictured)
- 2nd Place: Terri Balady
- 3rd Place: Norma Klein
- Ruth Sklar Continuing Award: Nancy Goodman Lawrence
- Merchandise Award: Nancy Roberts
Our Juror of Selections and Awards was Juror Franklyn Liegel, artist/educator at Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA and Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA.
More images are posted on VIVA’s exhibit page.
Ripped & Torn
November 15 – December 2, 2006 – VIVA Art Center, Sherman Oaks, CA
Award Winners
- 1st Place: Mathilde Lombard (pictured)
- 2nd Place: Lorraine Strieby
- 3rd Place: Darlene Mellein
- Ruth Sklar Continuing Award: Susie Brown
- Merchandise Award: Ellen Grim
Our Juror of Selections and Awards was Kent Twitchell. Kent is one of America's foremost muralists and a Los Angeles artistic treasure. His work graces the walls and freeways of our city as well as other locations around the country.
More images are posted on VIVA’s exhibit page.
Juried Open 2006 Exhibit
March 1–25, 2006 – VIVA Art Center, Sherman Oaks, CA
Award Winners
- 1st Place: Barbara Baker McIntyre (pictured)
- 2nd Place: Diane Stovall
- 3rd Place: Cynthia Paige Aaron
- 4th Place: Eva Kolosvary Stupler
- 5th Place: Carolann Waterson
6th Place: Tom Kurthy - Honorary mentions: Rebecca Andrews, Susan Gesundheit, Katie Mason, Keith Ullrich
Our Juror of Selections and Awards was George Herms, whose work was exhibited in the group show The Art of Assemblage at MOMA and in Fifty California Artists at the Whitney, in New York.
More images are posted on VIVA’s exhibit page.
Fall 2005 Exhibit
September 2005 – VIVA Art Center, Sherman Oaks, CA
Award Winners
- 1st place: Martha Blanchard
- 2nd place: Chris Meyer
- 3rd place: Nancy Roberts
- Ruth Sklar Memorial Award: Carolann Watterson
- Merchandise award winners: Avinger Nelson, Delores Berg, John Selleck and Carole Gillan